A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 608 Ironworks Transformation

After getting out of the carriage, the first thing Wang Lidong saw was three small black blast furnaces standing not far away, one of which was still breathing out bursts of black smoke.

Zhao Fude, who had been waiting at the gate for a long time, stepped forward and saluted.
"Ford has met the young master."

Wang Lidong nodded slightly, "Ford, is the handover going smoothly? Tell us about the situation of the workshop in detail."

Zhao Fude used to be a boy next to him. He was sharp-talking, shrewd and shrewd, and he was timid, so he was sent to be the person in charge of the iron workshop.

A gust of cold wind blew by, Zhao Defu shivered, and hurriedly asked for instructions:

"My lord, it's freezing outside, why don't you go into the main room and have some hot tea."

This old man has just recovered from a serious illness. It is so cold outside the Tianzhu, if he gets sick again after returning, he will peel off his skin if he does not die.

I took a look at the ironware workshop, it was dilapidated, except for the three small blast furnaces with some technological content, the others were nothing to look at.

Following Ford into a small two-story building on the left, Wang Lidong looked at the layout of the room after sitting in the main seat.

It's quite simple, just two long tables and a few chairs. The only thing worth seeing is the four words "To Jun Yaoshun" hanging on the wall.

It should be the masterpiece of the former workshop officials. Defu, who counts pennies and pennies, would not spend so much money on such a boring thing.

After taking two sips of hot tea, Ford carefully reported the situation in the past two days.

As expected by Wang Lidong, the handover with the official was very smooth.

Most of the industries that can be bought by the government are poorly managed and have suffered losses. The iron workshop under our feet is in a similar situation. It lost 2000 guan last year, and the end of the year is coming soon. The accounts are even uglier than last year.

According to Chunlan's analysis, the five-year buying price is around 3 guan.

But he didn't rush to buy this iron workshop for only 8000 guan, it must be his cheap father who is a salt and iron envoy who said hello.

It is good for someone to be an official. Not only can you save a lot of money, but also when the business is good, you don't have to worry about someone coming to pick peaches.

"Iron craftsmen, are they all arranged?"

Zhao Defu nodded and said: "The original iron-making craftsmen have all been disbanded, and now all the craftsmen in the workshop are in the Duke's Mansion."

Wang Lidong asked him to call the steward and craftsman of the workshop, and then took out a blueprint of a 'small blast furnace'.

The steward and craftsman of the workshop couldn't help but exclaim after carefully looking at it.

If the description on the drawing is not exaggerated, then the annual output of a small blast furnace can reach 600 million catties, but now the annual output of the three blast furnaces in their workshop plus one is only 70 catties, which is a full nine times increase.

At this time, the price of pig iron in the Song Dynasty was about 30 yuan/jin. If all three buildings were rebuilt, the sales revenue for that year would be as high as 3 yuan.
Regarding the reaction of the two, Wang Lidong was not surprised at all. Although what he provided was the design drawing of the "earth blast furnace" in the "Universal East" period, for the current Song Dynasty, it is "black technology" in the words of later generations.

After the two of them calmed down, he asked, "How long will it take to transform the three small blast furnaces?"

The steward and head craftsman of the workshop did not answer immediately, but asked some puzzles. After half an hour, the head craftsman of the workshop said: "My lord, if there are enough refractory bricks, it can be used for three months. A blast furnace renovation has been completed."

Another refractory brick.

Wang Lidong asked: "How many refractory bricks are missing?"

After squatting down and writing and drawing on the ground with his fingers, the craftsman said: "Including the original ones that have been dismantled, about 2 refractory bricks will be enough."

2 yuan?

Wang Lidong asked the manager of the workshop, "Is there no stock in the workshop? Do you have to repair it?"

The manager of the workshop replied: "The young one checked it specially when he took over. At the beginning of the month, more than 2000 refractory bricks in the warehouse were transferred away."

Wang Lidong was a little speechless.

These officials are too ugly to eat.

There are more than 2000 refractory bricks, no matter how expensive they are, they are only more than 100 pieces.

After thinking for a while, he said to Zhao Defu and the others, "Tomorrow you will start rebuilding according to the drawings, and I will find a way to solve the refractory bricks."

After confirming the reconstruction of the blast furnace, Wang Lidong discussed some of his plans for the future of the iron-making workshop with the three of them.

At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Lidong left the workshop.

In the carriage, after pondering for a while, he decided to produce refractory bricks by himself.I didn't like this kind of tasteless thing at first, after all, the market is limited, but I was stuck by this thing twice in one day.

If you really want to ask someone to find a relationship, you can buy it, but you will need to use this thing in large quantities in the future. You can't owe others favors for such a small thing every time.

As soon as he thought of it, Wang Lidong called Bu Wei into the carriage.

"My lord, what's the matter?" After entering the carriage, Buwei rubbed his face, then put his hand close to the small stove, feeling refreshed!
Wang Lidong curled his lips and said:

"It's cold. I don't want to stay in a good car, I have to drink the northwest wind outside."

Don't smirk twice.

Although the relationship between the two is very good, the master is the master, and he is just a servant.

Wang Lidong didn't bother anymore, he didn't do what he asked, and asked him to find a dental shop tomorrow and buy a brick-making workshop.

Refractory bricks belonged to high-tech gadgets in the Song Dynasty, but there were a lot of refractory brick formulas and production techniques on the Internet in the previous life.

The most troublesome thing is the raw material bauxite. At this time, no one has discovered metal aluminum, so this kind of ore has no trading value.

But Kaifeng has no shortage of such things.

According to relevant statistics, 20% of the country's bauxite mines are concentrated in Nanhe Province.

And many big families in Tokyo will use this thing when building walls and laying foundations.After the foundation trench is dug, flakes are used as the foundation first, and then a layer of bauxite stones, iron ore, and stones are laid on top of it, and then stacked and mixed in sequence, and then firewood is piled on both sides of the wall and set on fire. After the wall was fired, bauxite and iron ore were smelted into one piece.

It is said that the Great Wall in the Xishan Yuanping area was also built in this way, so after a thousand years, there are still a lot of charcoal ashes and charcoal debris in the section of the Great Wall wall. Sturdy, is for the "cast iron" Great Wall.

I didn't write it down right away, and I didn't ask why. For a brick-fired workshop, the larger ones are only a hundred years old.

According to the style of the young man's behavior recently, he probably wants to make refractory bricks by himself.

After an incense stick, the carriage entered Tokyo City, crossed the Bianhe Bridge, and arrived at the gate of the Duke's Mansion.

The car stopped suddenly, not because someone didn't pay attention, "Boom", hit his head on the carriage.

He looked at the young master first, sat firmly, stretched out his hands and rubbed his head, and after finding that there was nothing serious, he said, "My lord, I'll go down and have a look."

"Ah."

At this time, there were already many discussions outside, and Wang Lidong had a general understanding of the situation, it was just a little beggar blocking the way.

After Buwei jumped out of the car, he opened the car door again and reported: "My lord, there is a little beggar hugging a patient, kneeling in front of the mansion and calling for help."

Wang Lidong waved his hand, "Proceed as usual."

This situation happens several times a year, but this year is much more than previous years.

I don't know why God is crazy, after winter, it snows non-stop.The lives of ordinary people in Tokyo this year are much more difficult than in previous years.

After a while, the car started slowly, 'Boom! 'The car was hit hard, and then a cry for help rushed into the car.

When Wang Lidong opened the door of the carriage, he saw a thin beggar with a yellow complexion and a thin single dress, holding a girl about seven or eight years old in his arms, lying under the wheel. Kowtow desperately: "Little official, I beg you to save my sister, save my sister, from now on, the little one will do your best for you!"

Wang Lidong looked indifferent, did he not give him money?

When encountering this kind of situation, they will give a lot of money. Most people will leave in a sensible way when they get the money.

"My lord, I gave it to the little one, but this little brother didn't want it." Buwei raised the copper coin in his hand, but pointed his eyes towards the street.

(End of this chapter)